$600 - $2,500 USD

Heritier Bilaka is an artist originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who specializes in both digital and traditional artwork. You can contact him on Instagram @heritier_bilaka or at www.artstation.com/heritierbilaka. For a custom portrait, either digital or oil, you can expect to wait 2-4 weeks. Prices range from $600 to $2,500, depending on size.

“Born in 1984 in Congo, Kinshasa, I have a Diploma in Fine Arts since 2007. In 2008, I worked as a 2D animator in an advertising agency in Congo, Kinshasa. In 2011 I sold my first paintings to an Australian collector and painter Werner Horvath and to Nicola Dubreuil, French collector and owner of Degbomey Gallery in 2012.

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I have participated in various group exhibitions as a member of the PineRidge Arts Council at Ajax Community Center in 2017 in Canada, and at the Artusiasm Arts Gallery Toronto in 2018 in Canada. A solo exhibition at Ontario Power Generation in Pickering in 2018 sponsored by PineRidge Arts Council and Ontario Power Generation. I was selected for the Rawartists Showcase in Ottawa, Canada in July 2020. Now, two of my paintings are displayed in Ottawa Arts Gallery for a group exhibition.”

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pg/HBilaka

Instagram: @heritier_bilaka

Artstation: www.artstation.com/heritierbilaka

Website: www.band-artists.com/artistes/heritier-bilaka

“My work is rather in a realistic style in a colorful abstract background. My African root is clearly expressed in my paintings through all these bright colors and symbols which give energy and life.

I use a mixture of figurative and abstraction as a backdrop in my work and propose a harmony between the real and the unreal . My paintings are inspired by spirituality, nature, events and my instinct.

I paint a large field of subjects in a single idea linked to spirituality and identity. All in a mixture of different elements drawn from the fauna and flora in which human being is a part. I also combine either human with animals, plants or masks. All, in a colorful abstract background.

My artistic work is a questioning of the true identity of human being in his spiritual and physical aspect and his role as an element of nature. Woman is also a great source of my inspiration.The purpose of my work is not to provide answers, but rather to raise questions and debate. This gives free rein to admirers' imaginations to give their own answers linked to their stories and experiences.”